This Calls for Essex-y Party!

OpenStack Essex just graduated to final release today! This calls for a celebration.

…But not just any celebration. This calls for Essex-y party!

So put on your captain’s hat and join us for the second OpenStack LA Meetup. We’re going to continue the momentum from what was arguably the best inaugural user group event – ever.

The first speaker,Sean Roberts, who is behind the Infrastructure Strategy at Yahoo!, is set to present on the state of OpenStack. He’ll touch on what’s new in Essex, the future of Folsom, and more!

Carl Perry, is the Cloud Architect at DreamHost and he has put together a presentation on the real-world deployment of OpenStack. He’ll share with you tips, secrets and pitfalls associated with building a public cloud.

This is an exciting date because several of the attendees will have just participated the OpenStack Design Summit the week before. If there’s interest, I think it would be really cool to have a lightning round with a few of them to get their thoughts and takeaways on the design process and feature decisions for Folsom.

A dinner menu from Ocho Grill can be found below. You can count on beer, soda, coffee and tea.

8:15 – Carl Perry, Cloud Architect, DreamHost• Building a Public Cloud with OpenStack

8:45 – Design Summit Lightning Rouuund! Bring it!

9:00 – Sessions are complete - more mingling IMPORTANT: Free underground parking will be available at Paragon Parking (557 S. Hope St.); bring the parking ticket with you and we’ll stamp it for validation. Please take the entrance ramp off of Hope St. and park below ground level (not the street-level lot). The after-hours entrance into the AON building is on Wilshire Blvd. and Hope St. If the doors are locked, please use the intercom on the right-hand side, and mention the Meetup in DreamHost’s office. DreamHost is located about two blocks from the 7th Street/ Metro Center (service via Blue, Red, Purple, and Silver lines).
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I'd like to extend an invitation to join me and all of the others just like you who are interested in OpenStack, the hottest open source cloud stack on the block.

We enjoy talking about cloud computing and storage, discussing OpenStack deployment, coding to further the project, and creating a collaborative local community.

Join our group and you can look forward to some interactive presentations from OpenStack experts and chatting with fellow Stackers about their code contributions or experiences with OpenStack – all while sipping an ice-cold beer.